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CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Marcus C. Lohrmann, 47, Olivet Lutheran Church, Sylvania, Ohio, was elected bishop of the Northwestern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He received 307 votes to 200 for the Rev. Paul F. Hegele, 49, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Toledo, Ohio, on the...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- El Nino's strong winds and heavy rains caused a major mud slide at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, Calif. One of eight seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, PLTS will need to raise $250,000 to repair the damage sustained on campus. The winter mud...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Four colleges of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America will develop a plan to create "intellectually and socially" diverse campuses. The consortium -- Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.; Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.; St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.; and Luther College, Decorah, Iowa -- received a $184,000...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (ELCA) -- "The National Workshop on Christian Unity could not be happening at a more auspicious time for Lutherans," said the Rev. Darlis Swan, associate director of the Department for Ecumenical Affairs of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. She addressed a seminar on "next steps toward...

ELCA'S ANTI-EMBARGO STANCE APPLAUDED IN CUBA by David L. Miller* When officials from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) delivered an anti-embargo resolution to the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Havana, Cuba, last month, they aligned themselves with the deep aspirations of the Cuban...

ST. LOUIS (ELCA) -- The Rev. H. George Anderson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Rev. A.L. Barry, president of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod plan to meet in Chicago on Aug. 17 to discuss how to foster more communication between their two churches, especially on...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (ELCA) -- Members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America made an impact on many different aspects of the National Workshop on Christian Unity. About 80 Lutherans were among the 500 people who came together here April 27-30. Dr. Diane L. Jacobson, professor of Old Testament, Luther...

WASHINGTON, D.C., (ELCA) -- With another Middle East peace summit still in question, 20 Christian leaders sent an open letter to President Bill Clinton calling upon him to redouble efforts "to achieve a negotiated peace in the Middle East." Baptist, Catholic, Lutheran, Orthodox and other church leaders asked Clinton to...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (ELCA) -- The Rev. David W. Tiede, president of Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn., affirmed Lutheran commitment to ecumenism and explained the cultural and theological factors that make proposals for full communion between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church "complicated." Tiede addressed a...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "Good morning! In fact, extraordinary morning!" the Rev. H. Frederick Reisz, Jr., president of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, greeted reporters April 21 in Columbia, S.C. He announced that an anonymous gift of $7,622,737.45 -- the largest single contribution ever to a Lutheran seminary in North America --...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Six of the eight seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are planning commencement ceremonies in May for 1998 degree recipients: 15 Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pa. Speaker: The Rev. Darold H. Beekmann, LTSG President Place: Church of the Abiding Presence (LTSG Chapel) 15 Lutheran...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- Lutheran young people from across the country used the Internet April 29 to connect with each other for a live interactive chat. High school, college and seminary students of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America talked about how the church can minister with gay, lesbian and bisexual...

LOUISVILLE, KY (ELCA) -- Communication efforts of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America were recognized by the Religious Public Relations Council and the Associated Church Press. Ten DeRose-Hinkhouse awards were given to ELCA communicators at the annual convention of the Religious Public Relations Council (RPRC), held here April 23-25. The...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Robert A. Rimbo, 47, was elected bishop of the Southeast Michigan Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on May 2. He received 199 votes to 188 for the Rev. John H.K. Schreiber, 36, on the fifth ballot during the synod's assembly in Novi,...

ST. PAUL (ELCA) - Nearly 1,000 women and men gathered here for the Re-Imagining Revival, a four-day event marking the end of the World Council of Churches' "Ecumenical Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women." Close to 100 members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America joined the celebration April...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (ELCA) -- The Board of Trustees of Augsburg Fortress Publishers directed its president to standardize business practices, engage consultants' help as needed and consider bringing on a chief operating officer. The board acted in executive session at its meeting here April 23-25. Augsburg Fortress, based in Minneapolis, is...

CHANDLER, Ariz. (ELCA) -- They manage one of the largest organizations of housing, counseling, child care, foster care and adoption, refugee resettlement, employment services, disaster response, health care, nursing home and AIDS ministries in the United States and Caribbean. More than 300 of them heard that "why" they do what...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America expresses its profound shock and sorrow at the assassination of Monsignor Juan Jose Gerardi Conedera, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Guatemala," said the Rev. H. George Anderson, ELCA's presiding bishop, in a statement April 28. "To our brothers and sisters...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "Called to Common Mission," a draft proposal for full communion with The Episcopal Church, came under the scrutiny of the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the council's meeting here April 18-20. The proposal is being distributed to congregations and leaders of the...

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- "Called to Common Mission," a draft proposal for full communion with The Episcopal Church, came under the scrutiny of the Church Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at the council's meeting here April 18-20. The proposal is being distributed to congregations and leaders of the...